Publications on housing policy topics

Here is a list of English summaries and references to researchers who have published reports and articles on housing and building related topics, funded by the Norwegian State Housing Bank's grant for research and development.

Norwegian state’s housing policy from 1970 to the present time
This report attempts to document and analyse these shifts and continuities in the Norwegian state’s housing policy from 1970 to the present time.
For as long as it takes
Emergency shelters and types of temporary accommodationavailable to municipal authorities.
Living conditions among children in low-income families
A public committee ("boligutvalget") has asked Nova by way of Husbanken to explore the living conditions among children in low-income families. The commission attaches particular significance to families with a combination of persistent low income and persistent poor housing.
Municipal housing provision for refugees
This report was commissioned by the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi)and the Norwegian State Housing Bank, and focuses on municipal housing provision for refugees.
The 2009 restructuring of the housing allowance system
An evaluation of the municipal financing contribution. NIBR Report: 2011:11
Organization and planning of social housing in the norwegian municipal sector
Four case studies. NOVA Report 2011:5
The norwegian housing allowance
Effects of a reform. NOVA Report 2011:2
Municipal economic effects and cost-benefit analyses of social housing policy
Estimates based on constructed client histories. NIBR Report 2011:8
Evaluation of the Basic Mortgage
An evaluation of the Basic Mortgage offered by the Norwegian State Housing Bank
Literature review of research on social housing 2004 - 2010
The purpose of the report is to present existing research and knowledge, and to identify needs for further research and knowledge. The literature reviewed is from the period 2004-2010.
Social housing development program
Møreforsking Report 2010:11
Residential history of municipal tenants
Years 2001 - 2005. NOVA Report 2010:4
Decentralized reception centres and settlement of refugees
NIBR Report 2010:13
Visual environment in private residences
Part 2: Daylighting preferences for subjects with visual impairment and for subjects with normal vision, a fullscale study in a room laboratory
Sociocultural place identity analyses
NORUT report 2009:1
Evictions and forced sales
NIBR Report 2009:26
Residential care homes for the mentally ill
Evaluation of the work of the Norwegian State Housing Bank. NIBR Report 2009:25
New lifts in old multi-family dwellings
Gaining support for common investments. NIBR Report 2009:21
Implementing of universal design in an Norwegian community
Experience in the use of a mapping tool for universal design
Homeless in Norway 2008
A Survey. NIBR Report 2009:17
The value households place on lifts in apartment buildings
NIBR Report 2009:15
Residential quality and municipal planning
The record of the municipal planning system in promoting universal design. NIBR Report 2009:8
Low deposit dwellings
A trap for home buyers? NIBR Report 2009:7
Descendants of immigrants
Housing status and residential patterns. NIBR Report 2009:3
Ethnic minorities and the rental market
Equal opportunites? NIBR report 2009:2
How d’you buy a home that only exists on paper?
A study of buying homes by brochure. NIBR Report 2008:24
The Pathway to a Permanent home
Evaluation of the national strategy to prevent and counteract homelessness 2005-2007. NIBR Report: 2008:15
Norwegian Wood - A laboratory
Environmentally friendly timber architecture for the future.
Fragmented and coordinated
Organizing of social housing policy in local governments in Norway. NOVA Report 18/2008
Homeownership among low income households
NOVA report 15/2008
"Secondary movers"
Refugee's settling and moving in the 21st century. NOVA Report 13/2008
Resident satisfaction with newly built homes
NIBR Report 2008:14
Municipal housing stock
Cause of weak net growth, and initiatives that potentially contributes to strengthen growth. Econ report 2008-096
Market-based home building
Local authorities link up with the construction sector in housing hotspots. Joint Report NIBR/SINTEF/SINTEF Building and Infrastructure/NOVA 2008
Improving coordination between housing allowance, housing grant and start-up loan schemes
NIBR Report 2008:13
From strict price regulations to owner occupied housing at marked prices
The Norwegian Labour party and the housing marked regulation 1970 - 1989. NOVA report 01/2008
Contemplate when concentrate
Examples from four Norwegian cities 2008
The supply of rental housing
NOVA Script series 6/07
The local government rented sector
Structure, administration, rent setting. NOVA report 12/2007
Selective housing policy means in local housing markets
NOVA Report 8/07
Municipal housing policy making – a site of convergence for multiple interests
A study of municipal policy making, stakeholders, arenas and influence strategies. NIBR Report 2007:20
Universal Design in New Housing Projects
The experiences of the construction industry. NIBR Report 2007:14
Local authorities’ administration of Government housing allowance
NIBR Report: 2007:4
A Multifaceted Community in an Arctic Climate
A study of place and business development in Vardø. NIBR Report 2007:3
Housing provision and service delivery for persons with intellectual disability
10 years into the Norwegian Deinstitutionalisation Reform. Joint Report NIBR/SINTEF 2007
Released and homeless - Homelessness and housing after imprisonment
Homelessness and housing after imprisonment. Joint report NIBR/Byggforsk/KRUS 2006
Economic effects of design for all
Joint Report NIBR/ Norwegian Building Research Institute 2006
Building tradition and universal design?
A 2006 masters degree thesis from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences examining universal design qualities in three award-winning building projects.
Project Homeless
Evaluation of a four-year national project

Opprettet: 17.12.2010 - Sist oppdatert: 14.12.2011